Only FANCY GPUs Get Ray Tracing!
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·2019-05-06
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oh man can i get someone else to do this
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today i'm tired oh dang it well i can't outsource my
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hosting duties but Intel looks to be outsourcing some of its CPU
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manufacturing although Intel has long made its own chips reports indicate that
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they're contracting with tsmc the same fab that makes processors for AMD to
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produce coffee lake cpus mostly on the lower end of the product stack that'll
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make for some awkward water cooler conversations at the plant the move
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follows a number of difficulties that Intel has faced in producing its current
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gen 14 nanometer chips with demand outstripping supply by a full 50 in some
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cases this has led to a noticeable increase in processor prices for team
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blue even as AMD is trying to get a seven nanometer chip to market before
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the end of the year but look Intel's just trying to fix things
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instead of throwing them out okay you know 14 nanometers a perfectly good
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process just needs a little spit shine little tlc
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are you suspicious that your smart tv might be spying on you well for you
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he's leaving now james he just did that bit he did that bit and now he's gone if
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you were wanting to get your hands on a fancy new ray tracing optimized graphics
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card without shelling out tons of money for something at the top of the product
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stack then you should probably prepare to be disappointed an interview with
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NVIDIA's chief financial officer heavily implied that the rtx 2070 will be the
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lowest end card that will support the new ray tracing tech with a more
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affordable 2060 and below missing out
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meaning they'll also likely stick with the more traditional gtx branding while
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it isn't super surprising that NVIDIA might not feel confident enough in how
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much computing power the lower end cards have to give them ray tracing support
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gamers are in a not great position as they'll have to pay a princely sum just
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to see if ray tracing in games ends up being worth it at all but i feel
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confident buying the top end stuff because how much of my life do i want to
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not have ray tracing zero percent and i've already failed at
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that so i guess i won't buy the top end stuff so what are you buying it what's
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infinite has already been announced for Windows the pc may also be getting halo
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power delivery system that isn't a motorized scooter battery the next time
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company that provides wireless charging technology walmart is deploying the tech
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gadgets like handheld scanners and surveillance cameras although there's no
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there's one company that needs to make more profit for their owners it's walmart and then i was gonna say you
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like that james because he's kind of like pro business
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especially because Linus is hosting